#38459B#38459B

#38459B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.140 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38459B
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 155)
HSL	hsl(232, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 55.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 22.94, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 53.81, 295.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.0064 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.14 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6734, 7.4627, 31.9347)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38459B #9B8E38

analogous

#38779B #38459B #5D389B

triadic

#38459B #9B3845 #459B38

tetradic

#38459B #9B3877 #9B8E38 #389B5D

square

#38459B #9B3877 #9B8E38 #389B5D

split-complementary

#38459B #9B5D38 #779B38

monochromatic

#181D41 #28316E #38459B #505FC0 #7D88D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#38459B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#38459B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38459B

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38459B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38459B	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38459b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.140 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7978b9',
    500: '#38459b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38459b;
$custom-light: #7978b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38459b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.121,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42986,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38459B

secondary

#B9B075

accent

#C551D7

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #38459B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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